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Baggins
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Feb 2013 Location: Ampthill Status: Offline Points: 609 |
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Compared to the mighty Cow, who were the Saracens of the 70s we, Ampthill, are a jumped up shower. But anyone who criticises Paul Turner's coaching abilities is a fool, he has been the best coach in every league Ampthill have come up through and is arguably still the best, his record speaks for itself.
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Cricks at 2
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Cricks at 2
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rehehazelnutd?? rehehazelnutd!
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Cricks at 2
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We normally have the ‘you score one then we will score two’ attitude, which gets us into trouble sometimes, but is a lot of fun. However it cannot be done without possession. The Blues line out was the direst I have seen for some time and losing six, seven, eight attacking opportunities starves an attacking team like ours to death. Scrum looked good though, which is encouraging. Expect a big crowd on Friday and the usual power play from Doncaster, so should be interesting. |
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Bluesman11
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Not engaging was popular for a while but haven’t seen it attempted in ages. Don’t understand why we don’t do that more; can’t remember anybody scoring on few times we did try it. Certainly got a better chance than trying to compete…
The other way to stop it is don’t give away needless penalties around the half way line. If I was a coach, I’d be furious at these types of penalties. I understand ones in the 22 where there is something to be gained, but I can never get my head round why players hold on or give away various other breakdown penalties in the middle of the field. There was no danger, and you’re now left defending a maul in your 22. Just let them have the ball/turnover if necessary. We at least have some control over that so I would focus on discipline around the half way line than maul defence.
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Championship Prediction League Winner 11/12
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OldNick
World Cup Winner Joined: 20 May 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 3414 |
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Saw a new way of defending against it on Saturday - well, new to me anyway.
Defending prop goes under attacking lock, and drives up until the lock is lifted against the maul and toppled out. As he's lifted lock appeals to AR (facing wrong way for ref) that he is being lifted by the leg. AR shrugs and does nothing. I have clear photos of the incident.
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Kimbo
World Cup Winner Joined: 31 May 2007 Location: 'incleh Status: Offline Points: 6211 |
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Nobody could possibly defend the Mail.
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Brizzer
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That’s a very selective view. What you mean is, Jersey was the only team to score from mauling. Bedford tried and failed every time. Personally, I thought that the first 20 minutes was breathless. Very few stoppages, free flowing from both teams, but both defenses were very good. The Bedford scrum was excellent. The difference between the 2 sides was that Jersey could defend the Mail but Bedford couldn’t!! |
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Tackle Low!!!!!
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Bedfordian
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Doesnt look like it does it, although to be fair no-one wants to spend their cash watching that, do they? Can watch SA on the TV for less.
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corporalcarrot
World Cup Winner Joined: 22 Sep 2013 Location: St Brelade Status: Offline Points: 4724 |
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Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.
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Kimbo
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'Some', yes. I've followed Cov since about '66, so certainly come into that 'certain age' category. However, I just as certainly don't allow my postings here or there to nudge into the territory described. As the idiot that runs the Cov Unofficial, I must admit I'm somewhat irked by some of the comments, and can assure you that anything beyond decency is removed instantly. Nothing has been yet this week though. I am hoping to persuade one of our occasional contributors, who has a refereeing background to put together a small piece based on his view of proceedings (if he has time), so perhaps watch that space. I can guarantee it will be absolutely balanced.
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Bedfordian
British and Irish Lion Joined: 24 May 2018 Location: St Neots Status: Offline Points: 191 |
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Is that the only non-rolling maul try you can find?
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castleparknight
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I can very much agree it is a minority at Cov - on one of my previous visits I have to say I and my fellow supporters were verbally abused by a disgruntled supporter in the stand. He did save this for the final whistle when he turned around from further down the stand questioned our parentage with a few choice F's and Jeffs and then scuttled away quickly before he could explain himself to my rather large travelling companion who wished to ask him his rationale for such behaviour - that and one other occasion where I witnessed a Cov supporter try and assault one of our supporters under the stand in the Bar (the other Cov supporters in the bar very quickly ejected this person and were very apologetic to my fellow supporter - they demonstrated the true behaviour of Coventry fans). I was at the Cov - Knights game two weekends back and witnessed no ill manner / behaviour from Cov supporters then which is the norm I would say.
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Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!
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Pappashanga
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Great try.
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islander
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People of a certain age, or those who have a working knowledge of rugby history - I have a foot in both camps - will know that Cov used to be one of the top names in English rugby, with a high-calibre fixture list, several trophies & multiple England caps to show for it. Although it’s quite a while - 33 years I think - since they were in the top flight, I think it’s fair to say that some Cov supporters took a while to fully adjust to their ‘new’ status at level 2, then level 3, & now back to 2 again. That may explain why these supporters (who are almost certainly a minority) struggle with the whole ‘mutual respect’ rugby value when it comes to certain opposing clubs…
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corporalcarrot
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Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.
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Cherub
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I have just read some of the comments posted on the Coventry supporters unofficial forum and was surprised by some of the disrespectful things said about Ampthill, such as being described as a “jumped up shower”, and criticising Paul Turner’s coaching abilities. In my opinion, Coventry are a solid Championship side. They have an excellent squad, good support, and I expect them to be near the top of the league come next spring. It’s just a shame that some of their supporters appear to be sore losers.
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Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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corporalcarrot
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Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.
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Cherub
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A huge well done to Ampthill for their win yesterday over Coventry. I could only follow it on Twitter but it seems that Coventry gave away far too many penalties with Ampthill gleefully taking the points on offer. Nothing wrong with that. Did anyone forecast a 4-1 win for the home side. I know I didn’t.
Looking at the other results and it is evident that after just two games, this league will be very topsy turvey with only one team winning their opening two games. |
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Always trying to stay bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
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corporalcarrot
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Dont kick it. Pick it up and GO FORWARD.
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